Gday Just picked this up from AAP very sad.
ONE person has been confirmed dead after a light plane crashed into a mountainside at Flinders Island, off Tasmania's northeast coast, early today.
Air ambulance crews are flying to Flinders Island in Bass Strait.
The single-engined, low-winged plane crashed into the Killiecrankie mountain shortly after taking off from the Killiecrankie airport on Flinders Island, off Tasmania's north-east tip.
The incident happened shortly before 7.15am (AEST) today.
SKY News reported that one person died in the crash, but it is unclear how many people were on board.
"We have an eyewitness who saw the plane crash and also we have got a police officer on the island who has confirmed the crash site," said Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR) spokeswoman Tracey Jiggins.
Two helicopters – an air ambulance from the Latrobe Valley in Victoria and a police helicopter from Hobart – are heading to the scene along with a fixed-wing air ambulance from Launceston," Ms Jiggins said.
"It is very inhospitable land and it will probably be the case that we will have to winch someone to the crash site and that will take at least two hours at this stage."
Killiecrankie is on the island's north-west coast.
With AAP